Jafar and then investigates the characteristics of his book.
Keywords: Hadith, Masail Books, Ali bn Jafar, Ali bn Jafar's Masail

Soheila Piroozfar

The Companion's Narrations and The Reasons for Revelation: A Judgment

The reasons for revelation is the focal point of this paper in which the author efforts to render a judgment and verify the authenticity of companions narrations.
Many of verses are connected with events and circumstances which took place as the Prophet called the people to Islam. The circumstances leading to the revelation of these chapters are called reasons for revelation and there are countless traditions on this subject.
Among the Sunni's there are many traditions which deal with the reasons for revelation; although in the Shiah School only a few may be counted.
Keywords: reasons for revelation, narration, wahid khabar, companions, disciples of the companions.

Dr. Majid Maaref

A Survey of the Shiite History of Writing Hadith

Writing hadith after its issuance from an Infallible Imam and compiling reliable books are of important and effective factors in safeguarding and perpetuation of hadith.
According to historical evidences, conditions of writing hadith for the Shiite and Sunni were not of the same degree. Writing the Prophetic hadiths _ which are found out in the Sunni hadith sources _ faced with many limitations and prohibitions and was formed a long time after their issuance. While Shiites had no difficulty in writing hadith were also encouraged to.
The present paper tries to depict the differences between these two school of hadith scholarship concerning hadith and its recording.
Keywords: Hadith, Writing Hadith, Usul, Questions, Infallible Imams.